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New Yorkers are still pissed about disrupted view sheds and 262 Fifth Avenue

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“It really pisses me off,” Clark said while standing in the plaza in front of the Flatiron Building on Fifth Avenue, a few blocks south of the dueling skyscrapers. “The whole New York skyline has been destroyed. These new buildings have no identity, no design to them.

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Rafael Viñoly passes away aged 78

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Rafael Viñoly has passed away at his home in New York City, according to reporting by the Spanish-language outlet El Pais.

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Lawsuit against Viñoly-designed skinny tower is ‘ill-advised’ claims developer, says building is 'without a doubt safe'

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The developer behind 432 Park Avenue on New York’s Billionaire’s Row has hit back at a lawsuit alleging design defects. As we reported in September, the lawsuit is being brought on behalf of the tower's condo board.

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Final touches make 432 Park Avenue Tower second tallest in New York City

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Concrete has been poured for the final floors of the residential high-rise on 432 Park Avenue in New York City, making it the city’s second tallest building and the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, NBC New York reports.

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Rafael Viñoly Architects designs four skyscrapers for first Canada project

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The towers will include residential, office and retail spaces and large outdoor plazas Renderings show four stepped towers grouped as couples and distributed along a Toronto block, with tall, open plazas between them. The towers will host a majority of residential spaces, but will also include office and ground-level retail.

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Seven super-skinny skyscrapers changing New York City's skyline

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Following the world's skinniest skyscraper opening in New York, we round up seven super-skinny skyscrapers that have changed the city's skyline. Here are seven super-skinny towers that are redrawing the city's skyline: Photo by Evan Joseph. Central Park Tower (left) photographed by Paul Clemence.

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Tributes paid to "energetic, elegant and passionate" architect Rafael Viñoly

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Rafael Viñoly, who designed hundreds of projects across the world including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie , died aged 78 on March 2. New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman added : "RIP Rafael Viñoly, a groundbreaking architect of enormous civility and imagination."